Crane

Recent sightings of Crane

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
26/04/20	CRANE	North Ascot	1	M F Walford
13:58	Over North Ascot very high and heading north (per Andy Stickland on Lavell's WhatsApp). SU715763.
09/05/19	CRANE	Moor Green Lakes	2	C Gent
10:00	two very large dark birds, seen poorly through the trees heading west along the blackwater uttering a loud strange very low rattling call. Very like some of the flight calls on Xeno Canto without the echoing higher notes? Definitely not like black swan calls.
25/11/18	CRANE	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	M F Walford
12:20	North then east over Lavell's (per FJC).
28/06/18	CRANE	Winnersh Triangle	2	I D Paine
14:36	2. Flying towards Dinton. Looking like they were coming into land.
28/06/18	CRANE	Binfield	2	S Bell
	Almost certainly the same pair spotted over Winnersh earlier today.
18/05/18	CRANE	Loddon Bridge	2	C Clacey
	Apologies for the delay but have not been near any computer. Two Cranes flying approx. 200 feet above River Loddon East to West. Seen at 1420 hrs. Perfect silhouettes of both birds flying alongside each other. Flew over the BP Garage and then the George Pub towards Dinton Pastures. These were most definitely not Herons or Egrets. SU764716.
30/04/15	CRANE	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	2	N Rampton
13:29	Flying West/NW.
08/01/14	CRANE	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
11:13	Flew towards flooded fields @ NW of sailing club (per Nigel Cleere).
03/10/13	CRANE	Shurlock Row		P E Hutchins
	None seen or heard from pre-dawn to mid-morning - several observers being about the area they were reported from yesterday.
02/10/13	CRANE	Shurlock Row	2	R Williams
	Shurlock Row pond just south of the M4 and east of the bridge for the B3018. My first post (not a stringer!!). I live in Swindon but work in Newbury. But today I was driving west along the M4 at c11.15 I saw the 2 Cranes fly south low over the road & settle by water a few miles before Junction 10. Goggle mapping I estimate the site was as described. SU8474.

Past records of Crane

Year	Details
2018	Lavell's Lake, four, 25th November. *
2018	Binfield, two, 28th June. *
2018	Winnersh, two, 28th June. *
2018	Loddon Bridge, 18th May. *
2015	Wishmoor Bottom, two, 30th April.
2012	Moor Green Lakes, three, 5th May, also seen flying over several other sites as they headed north-east across the county.
2010	Cold Harbour, Knowl Hill, two, 11th May.
2003	Slough, nine, 2nd March.
2002	West Ilsley, two, 7th April.
2002	Theale GPs, adult, 14th January.
1987	Langley, Slough, adult, 11th January.
1987	Eton Wick, juvenile, 11th January.
1976	Bear Wood Lake, five, November.